I have a feeling they will really be bumping up the price compared to other eateries on park. Not only will you be paying for 'the experience' but if you look at the sample menu it looks as though it will be offering the fanciest food of the lot. Less burger and more potted ham! Who wants that on a day out to a theme park?

Hi - I ate in Rogos on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi last week.If the Alton Towers version is anything like there, it will be a great addition to the park.The Abu Dhabi version is actually a two storey restaurant, with the upper floor being a partial mezzanine, so some of the drops down to the ground floor are quite substantial!The food does actually loop the loop up to twice on some tracks, but it must be noted that the variance in size and 'excitement' factor of the track leading to your table varies considerably from table to table dependent on what they've been able to fit in. Some tracks are pretty slow and tame, others, the food really gathers serious speed!As the promo video now on the AT site shows, the food comes in smallish pots with a clamped on lid / top. The food is deliberately produced to 'fill' the pot neatly, so it really has nowhere to 'run'.....Drinks are also carried on the track - either bottled drinks or fresh drinks put into jam jars with a clip on lid. The only thing that got hand delivered to your table by waiter was hot drinks (obviously H+S related).I predict large queues...................I also predict one of these in most major shopping centres in the UK within 5 years.I ate at about 12.30pm on a Sunday in the one in Yas Mall (remember Sunday in the UAE is equivalent to our Monday), and there were over 120 people eating in the restaurant with a constant stream of gawpwers looking in as they went past. The novelty obviously takes some time to wear off!!

14 tables will be fine, when you consider that they seat 12 to a table, and tables are shared with other groups. Sure it's not a huge canteen that every person on park can eat at, but it's probably a decent size considering we all know it's going to be at a premium price point.

I would also agree we are likely to see these pop up in major cities and shopping malls in the years to come.

This is just the first stage of the work that has to be done. Transforming a shop of very minimal layout into a very complex restuarant is not easy by any means, this picture above really only shows the track. They could still have the system that runs it all to install, electrics to wire, kitchens, fridges,freezers to install, diving walls to build. Not to mention decorating it, testing it all out then the important stage of training the staff to manage it all!

One thing is for sure Merlin will not want to lose out on money this season so they will want it open ASAP. They may also just be playing it safe, don't want to book tables and it not open....just more headlines! However if it opens ahead of schedule positivity flows

Alton Towers' restaurant is now listed on the official Rollercoaster Restaurant website, with the page also detailing that there will be two lifts, two loops (which the original press release confirmed) and approximately 163 seats.

I'm really looking forward to giving this restaurant a go, it's going to be great having an alternative to the usual hotel food and added bonus of being in the park. I'm really encouraged by the level of spend they're putting into the park this year, I hope the finished product reflects how much they have spent.

Here's a photo from Birmingham Mail showing how the restaurant's exterior is currently looking. I'm excited to see how they finish off the actual entrance portal and signage, and how they've styled and decorated the interior.

As part of the Rollercoaster Restaurant's promotion, the resort have launched the 'Kids Tasting Panel', which will see 5 children aged 12 or under get to try some of the restaurant's dishes and tour the restaurant itself before it opens to the public.